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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. P. H. GRIMM.

LOADING APPARATUS.

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No. 363,062 Patented May 17, 1887.

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PAUL H. GRIMM, OF GLEN COVE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE GLEN COVE IWIANUFAGTURING'COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

LOADING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,062, dated May 1'7, 1887. Application filed August 3, 1886. Serial No. 209,869. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PAUL H. GRIMM, of Glen'Gove, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and useful 5 Improvement in Apparatus for Loading Vessels and other Vehicles of Transportation, of which the following is a specification.

I have found that my invention may be very advantageously employed for loading upon vessels, cars, and other vehicles of transportation and in large quantities the coarse refuse which results from starch and glucose manufacture, and which is of value as a food for stock; but the invention, as a whole, or

I 5 many of the combinations of parts which it includes, may be employed for loading or handling grain or any other broken or disintegrated or finely-divided substances.

My invention in its most complete form comprises a series of bins, which may be of any suitable length, and are arranged side by side, and each of which is provided with a conveyer extending from front to rear thereof, and serving to convey to the front and be yond the front of the bin the material which may be shoveled into the con veyer at any poi nt in the length of the bin. Such aseries ofbins is arranged approximately parallel with a dock or other loading-platform from which 0 vessels or cars or other vehicles are to be loaded, and between the line of bins and the dock, and upon the dock or platform, is a track which extends parallel with the line of bins, and on which is mounted a carriage.

3 5 This carriage preferably has its upper surface consisting of a turn-table, and supports a coir veyer pivoted to swing in avertical plane,and preferably, also, capable of bodily movement to a limited degree toward and from the bins,

0 so that its receiving end may be properly adjusted beneath the delivery end of one or other of the bin-conveyors to receive therefrom the substance to be elevated.

\Vhere my invention is employed for load 5 ing starch refuse, or analogous substances which are in a wet condition, the bins are preferably of open or slatted construction on the sides, or on both the sides and bottom,and are covered internally with burlap or other perforated, reticulated, or foraininous mate rial, so as to form leaching-bins; but such a construction of the bins does not constitute any part of my invention, and they may be of solid construction if the material contained in them will permit.

The invention consists in novel combinations of parts, which are hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of an appa- 6o ratus embodying my invention in a plane transverse to the length of the track on which one conveyer is movable, and parallel with the length of the bins. Fig. 2 is a plan of sufficient of the apparatus to illustrate my invention. In both Figs. 1 and 2 portions of the length of the bins from which the substance or material is taken are removed in order to reduce the length of the figures. Fig.

3 is a side elevation of the track and movable 7a carriage and a section of the pivoted conveyer supported thereon, and upon about the plane of the dotted line a: it, Fig. 1. Fig. 415 a longitudinal section of a portion of a bin-conveyer, and which applies equally to the conveyer pivoted upon the movable carriage; and Fig. 5 is a transverse section thereof, both the latter figures being upon a larger scale than Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

Similar letters of reference designate cor- 8o responding parts in all the figures.

A designates bins, two of which are here represented, and any number of which may be arranged side by side at some little distance from and approximately parallel with a dock or loadingplatform, I3. \Vhere the material or substance to be handled is, when placed in the bin, in a very wet condition, it is desirable that the bins should be of open construction and lined with burlap or other suitable mate- 9o rial, through which the water or liquid may leach during the period that the substance re mains in the bin. I have in Fig. lrepresented such a construction, although itis not essential to my invention. 9 5

WVithin each bin A, and preferably at one side thereof, is arranged a conveyer, which usually extends from end to end of the bin and projects somewhat beyond the front thereof. This conveyer may be of any suitable 0011- Ice struction. As here represented, it consists of an endless chain, 1), to which are attached, at short intervals apart, scrapers b. The endless chain 1) passes over supporting-wheels b and works within a box or casing, A. The top b of this box or casing may be made in sections or pieces of short length, and-as fast as the contents of the bin, beginning at one end, is cleared by throwing the substance into the conveyer-box A, and carried from the bin by the conveyer, the sections 1), composing the top of the conveyer box or casing, may be removed and the substance or material shoveled thereinto at any point. I

I In the operation of the apparatus motion is 1mparted to the endless chain of scrapers in the dlrection indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, and any material or substance which is thrown into the box or casing A will fall into the bottom thereof and be carried along the bottom by the series of scrapers to the front end of the bin. I have here shown the conveyor which is arranged within the bin A as prolonged somewhat beyond the front thereof, the sides and bottom of the box or casing A being extended somewhat beyond the front of the bin, and one of chain-supporting and driving wheels, if, being arranged outside the front of the bin. The bin A is usually provided with a sliding door, b, at the front and immediately over the conveyer, and when the substance or material to be loaded is first introduced into the bin the latter willbe filled by it entirely over and around the conveyer-box. By means of 35 the sliding door I) at the front the excavation of the bin may be started, and the substance contalned therein be deposited in the conveyer box or casing A, firstby the action of gravlty, and as the emptying of the bin progresses by shoveling.

In their direct or operative movement the scrapers b bear against the bottom of the box 1 or casing A and move the material along, and

in their return movement the scrapers and chain may be supported by flanges or bearers b on the sides of the box or casing A.

If desired, I may arrange upon the top of the conveyer box or casing A a measuring box or hopper, c, which is provided with a sliding and removable bottom, 0. This measurlng box or hopper may be moved along upon the top of the box or casing A to any desired polnt, and'after filling it with material the bottom may be withdrawn, allowing the material to fall into the conveyer box or casing. Such box may be employed for measuring the quantity of material whichis discharged from the bin.

Extending along the dock or platform B, parallel with the line of bins A,is a railway or traclr, 0, upon which is mounted a wheeled carriage, O, and this carriage preferably comprises as its top surface a turn-table, C, arranged to turn upon a vertical pivot, 0

Upon the upper turn-table porti0n,0,of the movable carriage is mounted a conveyer, which may be of any suitable character, but which, in this example of the invention, consists of a box or casing, D, having arranged within it a driving-chain or endless carrier, d, to which are attached,at short intervals apart-,scrapers or scraping-blades d. The chain of scrapers or blades is supported and operated by wheels (1 in the opposite ends of the box or case D, and has imparted to it motion in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 1. The portion of the chain of scrapers which is at any time operative moves upon the bottom surface of the conveyer box or casing D, and transports the material to the upper end thereof, where it is delivered through a spout, D. In the return movement of the chain of scrapers, the ends of the blades rest upon and are supported by flanges or bearers d projecting inward from the sides of the box or case D. The box or case D, being of considerable length, may be trussed or strengthened by braces d".

WVhen the apparatus is in, operation, the lower or receiving end of the conveyer D, which is upon the movable carriage, is ad justed beneath the delivery end of the bin-conveyer A, as shown in Fig. 1, and the material which is delivered by the bin-conveyer falls through an opening in the top of the box or case D,and is carried upward therein to the upper delivery end, at which is the deliveryspout D. In order to provide for properly adjusting the conveyer D relatively to the delivery end of the bin-conveyer A,I have represented the conveyer D as supported by a sort of cranked shaft or axle,D ,which is pivoted at (Z in suitable bearings upon a gallowsframe, 0 and is offset or bent downward so as to pass under the conveyer D. The conveyer is provided at the bottom with suitable bearings, d", which receive the cranked or offset shaft D to support the conveyer thereon. lhis construction of the c'onveyersupport permits the conveyerD to swing upward and downward in a Vertical plane, so that its receiving end may be brought to the desired height to pass under the delivery end of the bin-conveyer A, and it also provides for moving the conveyer D bodily and to a limited degree toward and from the bins A.

I have represented an engine, E, preferably of upright form, as arranged upon the turntable portion 0 of the carriage O, and from this engine the conveyer D may be operated, and preferably, also, the bin-conveyer A, from which the conveyer D at any time receives its supply. Above the conveyer D, and supported in bearings at the top of the frame 0, I have represented a counter-shaft, e, provided with pulleys e c" 0 and upon the wheel-shaft,

which is at the upper end of the conveyer D, I.

have represented a pulley or wheel, 6 and upon the shaft of the wheel, which is at the delivery end of each bin-conveyer A, is a pulley or wheel, 0*. Driving-belts may be employed for operating the elevators from the engine; but I prefer to employ chain belts or driving- IIO chains, and have represented a driving-chain, 6, whereby motion is imparted from the wheel 6 on the shaft 6 to the wheel a at the upper end of the conveyer D, for operating said conveyer in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 1. I have also represented a similar chain belt, e, whereby the overhead shaft 6 receives motion, and which drives onto the pulley or wheel 6, and from the pulley or wheel 6" motion is transmitted by a chain belt, 6, to the wheel 6*, which is at the delivery end of thebin-conveyer A. This chain belt 6 may be readily removed from the wheels 6 of the several binconveyors, and may be placed upon any one of them corresponding to the position in which the carriage O is adjusted, in order to impart motion to that particular bin-conveyer. Such an arrangement of gearing isless expensive than it would be to have motion transmitted by permanent gearing to each one of the binconveyers. The carriage 0 provides for moving the elevator D along the line of bins and into proper position for re ceiving material from any one of the bin-con veyers, and the supporting of the conveyerD by the cranked shaft D and the mounting of such conveyer D upon a turn-table on a carriage having a rectilineal movement combine to afford facility for adjusting the receiving end of the conveyer D into proper receiving relation to the bin-conveyer A.

As a substitute for the measuring box or hopper c on the bin-conveyer A, I may employ a measuring-hopper, F, pivoted to turn npbn a horizontal axis, f, as represented in Figs. 1 and 2, and having proper supports, f, extending from the upper or delivery end of the conveyer D. This delivery-hopper F is constructed with a circular series of receiving pockets or receptacles, f", of which four are here represented, and Which are brought successively to a receiving position below the deliveryspout D by theturning of the structure F upon its axis f. At the same time that one pocket or receptacle f is brought into re ceiving position below the delivery-spout D, the pocket or receptacle previously lilled is turned so as to dump its contents into the vessel or other vehicle which is to be loaded. The turning of this delivery-hopper F may be controlled by hand, or in any other suitable way.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The apparatus herein described, comprising a series of bins, A, arranged side by side, and each provided with a conveyer, A, for carrying the material to the front thereof, a track extending along the series of bins parallel with the front thereof and transverse to the lineof movement of the several bin-conveyers, a carriage movable on the track, and a conveyer mounted on the carriage and pivoted to swing in a vertical plane, whereby through the movement of the carriage and the adjustment of the conveyer on said carriage the conveyer may be brought into position for taking material from the conveyer in any one of the bins, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The apparatus herein described, comprising a series of bins, each provided with a conveyer for carrying material to the front thereof, and arranged side by side, a track extending along the series of bins parallel with the front thereof, a carriage movable along the track, a conveyer pivoted on the carriage to swing in a vertical plane, an engine, also mounted on the carriage, and gearing for transmitting power from the engine to the conveyer on the carriage and to any one of the bin-conveyers, as may be desired, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The apparatus comprising the bins A and their conveyers A, the track 0, and the carriage O, movable thereon, the conveyer D, and the cranked shaft D whereby the conveyer D is mounted 011 the carriage, and which pro- 'vides for its swinging movement in a vertical plane and for the bodily adjustment of its re ceiving end relatively to the bin-conveyers, substantially as herein described.

PAUL H. GRIMM. lVitnesses:

O. HALL, MINERT LINDEMAN. 

